I shouldn't have to say this, but "ideally" (in planet Nice, with the pink fluffy rabbits) a project manager would take note about wether you hide behind a nickname to flame and troll, wether you were quick to anger, etc. (the qualities that make you less fit for a job involving human relationships) and not your opinions.
The downside: some OSS / FS grand masters would probably _never_ be hired based on what they say on/. . Of course, this shouldn't be the only criterion, but still...
Of course, this isn't planet Nice, and your opinions will become known sooner or later. One is what one is, after all. Holding strong opinions or beliefs was never meant to be easy. But if you don't want to be judged by what you say, (hint hint) don't say it on the net.
Note: it's not because I'm trying to specifically exclude stupid users, it's just that it takes a hell of a lot more work to create a dumbed-down interface, and that these type of interfaces often make things slower...
Hint: a good interfase is not dumbed down. It's elegant. Just like code. If you treat users as idiots, they'll shun your software. If you make an elegant interfase (GUI, CLI, what have you) they'll use it.
Red Hat 9, that popular distro until a while ago, has this nice little icon on the GNOME/KDE tray that warns you about available updates. When nothing has to be updated, it's color is green. When updates are available, it turns to red and (don't recall exactly) beats. This is the default behavior, out of the box.
Sorry, but i've read over and over how the GNU project thinks of an OS as Kernel + apps + games + world + dog. We can't change the OS definition everytime we don't like a paper... It is either a kernel or a big mammoth distro. Let's take our picks.
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I have taken to name my dog "Bort" because it reminds me of that very episode. Besides, Bort is a great name for a dog (I do not want to offend anyone named Bort, BTW).
Linux is not inheriently any safer than Windows in this regard.
That's not true. If a moron using Linux executes a worm in his network, the worm only has the privileges of the user, not those of the root user. The admin shouldn't allow users to install mail or web servers.
Of course, a linux virus could theoreticallly erase that moron's files. It still wouldn't be able to do anything to other users.
In both cases, there's a very big difference between Linux and Windows.
Ever heard of python? I am currently reading "learning Python" by Lutz & Ascher (O'Reilly). The language is very easy to learn, yet very powerful too...
Isn't this simply a case of giving credit where credit is due. If you build a project that includes the blood, sweat, and tears of other people, shouldn't they be credited.
Shouldn't you use question marks after interrogative sentences. Or are they not used anymore.
Of course, if you havent' got a choice, by all means, continue using it with my blessing. But it's still easier to say "Don't use IE" rather than "Don't use IE, all of you, except the ones over there who are forced by management, and those there to the right who have to do banking with it, and..."
You aren't considering that the only way for the security flaw rate of any program to approach 0 is if the software source is not touched for anything other than security updates. Linux et al are constantly improving, enlarging, adding new features (after all, we want those features, don't we?), so new bugs are bound to appear.
Of course, some of the bugs discovered weren't new, but that doesn't detract, I think, from my main point.
Are there actually people so monumentally STUPID in this world that they would believe a study sponsored by an organization with a vested interest in a certain outcome?
Yes, of course there are.
We must find these people and run them down like animals before they breed!
Argh! right. just brainfarted on that command. Vixie's comment applies here: "If you "su and say" whatever command just because I ask you to, you have a big security problem, and you should look into it".
A point I noticed is when Spolsky talks about the Silence is golden rule and gets it all wrong. The rule is complemented by "If a program fails, it should do so in the quickest and noisiest way possible". This rule is also complemented by the possibility of someone else to write a GUI or a text interfase specifically for showing the results of a command.
This goes without saying that the rule actually means "When a program finishes successfully it should'nt output anything but its normal output. If you say
ps -ax
you see all that output, but not a "command finished successfully" afterwards. If you say
tar -jxvf dir/
you see the file.tar.bz2 done, not a "hey, here I am!" message. This is well, and does not mean "The program doesn't say anything. And it is possible to add a "clarifying" interfase on top of it.
Playing devil's advocate, I could say that when you are doing a big closed project (say, excel or windows) somebody else will see your code. But as we can see, they don't seem to mind about the quality either.
A point I noticed is when Spolsky talks about the Silence is golden rule and gets it all wrong. The rule is complemented by "If a program fails, it should do so in the quickest and noisiest way possible". This rule is also complemented by the possibility of someone else to write a GUI or a text interfase specifically for showing the results of a command.
This goes without saying that the rule actually means "When a program finishes successfully it should'nt output anything but its normal output. If you say
ps -ax
you see all that output, but not a "command finished successfully" afterwards. If you say
tar -jxvf dir/
you see the file.tar.bz2 done, not a "hey, here I am!" message. This is well, and does not mean "The program doesn't say anything. And it is possible to add a "clarifying" interfase on top of it.
What if that old PC with a net connection you are trying to forget about in the cupboard is 0wnz0r3d by some l33t script kiddie? You shouldn't just forget some things. After all, a lot of spam comes from zombie machines, doesn't it?
Googling for it will get you to some interesting takes on that movie. I can't find now what I read at the time of watching the movie, but there are two things I remember well:
The core of the story is based on a mental disease Lynch heard about, featuring a total oblivion of one's self and an an identification with someone else. You would forget who you were and acquire a completely different personality to escape from your problems.
The movie is cyclical. The idea was, I think, that you could go into the cinema at any time in the movie, leave at the same point afterwards, and "get" the same story.
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Whether. Thanks for the correction. English is not my first language.
I shouldn't have to say this, but "ideally" (in planet Nice, with the pink fluffy rabbits) a project manager would take note about wether you hide behind a nickname to flame and troll, wether you were quick to anger, etc. (the qualities that make you less fit for a job involving human relationships) and not your opinions.
The downside: some OSS / FS grand masters would probably _never_ be hired based on what they say on /. . Of course, this shouldn't be the only criterion, but still...
Of course, this isn't planet Nice, and your opinions will become known sooner or later. One is what one is, after all. Holding strong opinions or beliefs was never meant to be easy. But if you don't want to be judged by what you say, (hint hint) don't say it on the net.
Hint: a good interfase is not dumbed down. It's elegant. Just like code. If you treat users as idiots, they'll shun your software. If you make an elegant interfase (GUI, CLI, what have you) they'll use it.
Those are collectively called "Linux". Another strain, named "BSD" is reported to be extinct; though some still claim to see them.
Hmmm. This would be a tripe, wouldn't it?
Red Hat 9, that popular distro until a while ago, has this nice little icon on the GNOME/KDE tray that warns you about available updates. When nothing has to be updated, it's color is green. When updates are available, it turns to red and (don't recall exactly) beats. This is the default behavior, out of the box.
Of course, it seldom asks you to reboot, but...
Sorry, but i've read over and over how the GNU project thinks of an OS as Kernel + apps + games + world + dog. We can't change the OS definition everytime we don't like a paper... It is either a kernel or a big mammoth distro. Let's take our picks.
I have taken to name my dog "Bort" because it reminds me of that very episode. Besides, Bort is a great name for a dog (I do not want to offend anyone named Bort, BTW).
That's not true. If a moron using Linux executes a worm in his network, the worm only has the privileges of the user, not those of the root user. The admin shouldn't allow users to install mail or web servers.
Of course, a linux virus could theoreticallly erase that moron's files. It still wouldn't be able to do anything to other users.
In both cases, there's a very big difference between Linux and Windows.
Ever heard of python? I am currently reading "learning Python" by Lutz & Ascher (O'Reilly). The language is very easy to learn, yet very powerful too...
The website has a load of good tutorials, too.
Sorry, but if you do not want the mainstream desktops, you can get as excentric as you like.
Tried Blackbox (or Fluxbox)? WindowMaker? Slicker? There are plenty of GUI options for Linux that look nothing like Microsoft's GUI.
You can even easily modify KDE or GNOME so that they look nothing like the default.
-1 troll? Is this a joke? Sheesh, people don't have any humor anymore...
Shouldn't you use question marks after interrogative sentences. Or are they not used anymore.
Of course, if you havent' got a choice, by all means, continue using it with my blessing. But it's still easier to say "Don't use IE" rather than "Don't use IE, all of you, except the ones over there who are forced by management, and those there to the right who have to do banking with it, and..."
You aren't considering that the only way for the security flaw rate of any program to approach 0 is if the software source is not touched for anything other than security updates. Linux et al are constantly improving, enlarging, adding new features (after all, we want those features, don't we?), so new bugs are bound to appear.
Of course, some of the bugs discovered weren't new, but that doesn't detract, I think, from my main point.
Yes, of course there are.
Why do you think I play GTA 3?
(Mandrake Linux)
Happy now?
Argh! right. just brainfarted on that command. Vixie's comment applies here: "If you "su and say" whatever command just because I ask you to, you have a big security problem, and you should look into it".
A point I noticed is when Spolsky talks about the Silence is golden rule and gets it all wrong. The rule is complemented by "If a program fails, it should do so in the quickest and noisiest way possible". This rule is also complemented by the possibility of someone else to write a GUI or a text interfase specifically for showing the results of a command.
This goes without saying that the rule actually means "When a program finishes successfully it should'nt output anything but its normal output. If you say
you see all that output, but not a "command finished successfully" afterwards. If you say you see the file.tar.bz2 done, not a "hey, here I am!" message. This is well, and does not mean "The program doesn't say anything. And it is possible to add a "clarifying" interfase on top of it.Playing devil's advocate, I could say that when you are doing a big closed project (say, excel or windows) somebody else will see your code. But as we can see, they don't seem to mind about the quality either.
A point I noticed is when Spolsky talks about the Silence is golden rule and gets it all wrong. The rule is complemented by "If a program fails, it should do so in the quickest and noisiest way possible". This rule is also complemented by the possibility of someone else to write a GUI or a text interfase specifically for showing the results of a command.
This goes without saying that the rule actually means "When a program finishes successfully it should'nt output anything but its normal output. If you say
you see all that output, but not a "command finished successfully" afterwards. If you say you see the file.tar.bz2 done, not a "hey, here I am!" message. This is well, and does not mean "The program doesn't say anything. And it is possible to add a "clarifying" interfase on top of it.What if that old PC with a net connection you are trying to forget about in the cupboard is 0wnz0r3d by some l33t script kiddie? You shouldn't just forget some things. After all, a lot of spam comes from zombie machines, doesn't it?
There's an excellent graphical frontend for giFT: Apollon, which uses the qt libraries. After using it, even kazaalite seems confusing and bloated!
On the other hand, I've had troubles connecting to the OpenFT network (read: I cannot connect). Perhaps it's just me...
Anyway, the links:
Googling for it will get you to some interesting takes on that movie. I can't find now what I read at the time of watching the movie, but there are two things I remember well:
Hope this helped.
A point like "you can sell free software as you like, as long as you distribute sources too?"
I've never heard Stallman denying the possibility of making a buck out of free software. Insightful... Sheesh!